Chapter 3 chapter 2

"Let's go!" Chiang Kai-shek moved his crutch forward a little, then took a step forward and said, "Let's go and have a look." "Father has worked hard all the way, is it another day..." "The folks in the village, no matter how hard you work, you still have to see them." Chiang Kai-shek stared at his son and waved his hands impatiently. Jiang Jingguo suddenly fell silent, and hurriedly led his father in front of him.Surrounded by a group of plainclothes guards, the father and son walked quickly towards the noisy crowd. For all those who have achieved great success and achieved great achievements, when they are out in the world, although they have tried their best and played tricks, they are usually high above, making it difficult for people to see their true colors. If you live in your hometown, you will refrain from the appearance of being an outsider, and try your best to show an approachable and considerate attitude among the neighbors.In terms of language, customs, and even clothing, they have to keep the appearance of their childhood, so that the villagers will not say that they have "forgotten their roots".

This is the "local complex" that is difficult for many Chinese officials to understand. Chiang Kai-shek is no exception. "Grandpa," Chiang Kai-shek had already approached the noisy crowd, nodded and smiled at an old man with white hair and a childlike face, "You want to see me, what can I do?" When the old man heard the authentic Ningbo dialect, he felt very cordial, so he boldly asked: "President Jiang, we just want to see you." "Thank you, Grandpa. It's no wonder that you are still thinking about me, a wanderer who went out of Xikou Town." Chiang Kai-shek thanked him while smiling.

Suddenly, another old man broke through the crowd, stood on tiptoe, squeezed forward vigorously, then blinked at Chiang Kai-shek with a pair of suspicious eyes and asked, "I heard that you are no longer the president, is that true?" The crowd exploded immediately.Everyone turned their heads to stare at the old man in surprise, talking a lot.Chiang Kai-shek supported his staff with one hand, waved the other hand towards the crowd, and then replied with a pleasant face: "It is like this. Old man, I am no longer the president." "Then you returned to Xikou this time, did you return to your hometown?" The old man boldly continued to ask.

"Of course it is to return to the hometown for a long time." Chiang Kai-shek still smiled all over his face, "Now it is the Republic of China, and it advocates democracy. The Central Committee respects the public will of the people and has no lingering intentions about the post of president. Once he leaves office, of course he will be a grassroots citizen. However," Chiang Kai-shek saw that the crowd didn't react much, so he quickly turned the subject and said, "Zhongzheng has been traveling abroad for many years, and this time he returned home, feeling relaxed. Planting the land, growing flowers, fishing, and living an ordinary life. I hope that the folks will Give us a lot of love."

Perhaps the crowd was moved by Chiang Kai-shek's words. The old man stretched out his hands like chicken feet and folded them in the air, and took the lead in applauding.Everyone involuntarily gave a burst of applause. Chiang Kai-shek took the opportunity to nod gratefully, said some polite words, turned around and waved goodbye to everyone, and then dragged his tired body back to Fenghao Room. Chiang Kai-shek was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang.His original name was Jiang Guotai, his baby name was "Ruiyuan", and his scientific name was "Zhiqing". In 1912, he went into exile in Japan and founded the magazine "Military Voice" under the pseudonym Jieshi. In 1918, when Zhang Jingjiang, the chaebol of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, joined Sun Yat-sen in Guangzhou, he admired this revolutionary pioneer and regarded himself as a student and heir, so he changed his name to "Zhongzheng".

There have been those who do good deeds to study. "Jieshi" and "Zhongzheng" were not created by Chiang.Jieshi originated from the six second line of the pre-hexagram "between stones. Not all day long. Zhenji." Zhongzheng is the Confucian commentary on Guoyi's big biography "Xiang" "Not all day long, Zhenji, and Zhongzheng also." It means to be as hard as a rock, but it is auspicious that this kind of hardness lasts for only one day.Turning rigidity into softness, softening into rigidity, being soft but not soft, being rigid but not rigid, holding on to both ends and keeping the middle is the safest way to be upright.

Chiang Kai-shek was deeply influenced by traditional culture, especially Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and usually said "propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, filial piety first".I like to read "Wang Yangming's Complete Works", "Zeng Wenzheng's Family Letter", "Zeng Huzhi Binglu" and so on.Later, when he retreated to Taiwan, he named his official residence Yangmingshan, and there is a Yangming study in the official residence. In 1975, before his death, Chiang Kai-shek taught Jiang Jingguo, "Wang Yangming, Zeng Guofan, Zhu Xi, these great Confucian books, you should study them as sages."

Throughout his life, Chiang Kai-shek cited these great Confucian classics as his life creed, relying on the method of advancing and retreating, and combining strength and softness to gain trust, power and status.Only from joining the Cantonese Army for the first time in 1918 to April 1924 as the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, he resigned under various pretexts and was reinstated 13 times during the six years. In 1922, when he left Gulangyu Island in Fujian Province in anger, he wrote "Qijie Rushi" in handwriting and asked someone to engrave it on the rock on the west side of the changing booth.Later, he used the "Assassination of Liao Zhongkai" case to gradually obtain the highest positions of chairman, president, and president among the many factions of the Kuomintang.During major political turmoil and critical moments of turning point, he "resigned" many times to avoid danger by retreating.As the saying goes, take a step back, the sea is calm, the sea and the sky are bright...

It is very interesting to say that Chiang Kai-shek's first resignation was forced by the Guangxi faction. In the autumn of 1927, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and the Xishan Conference faction of the Guangxi faction used Wang Jingwei's conditions as an excuse to propose "asking the commander-in-chief to determine his origin" and forced Jiang to step down. Jiang was very angry with the actions of Wang, the Guangxi faction, and the Shanghai faction. He wrote in his diary at the time: "I thought that we should give in to comrades and insist on the enemy, but Wang is different, and he is not human." He ordered Chen Bulei Drafted the "Letter to the People of the Country" and announced his resignation.

Jiang Xiaye soon went to Japan with Zhang Qun, Song Ziwen and others, and won the support of the Japanese and the United States. At the same time, he obtained Mrs. Song's promise to Jiang and Song Meiling's marriage. When Jiang's goal was achieved, he returned to Shanghai from Japan on January 10, 1928. While preparing for his marriage with Song, he joined forces with Wang Zhigui to instigate reinstatement. On December 10, 1927, the Central Political Conference of the Kuomintang decided to ask Jiang to reinstate him. On January 9, 1928, Chiang Kai-shek officially took office as the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, and later served as the chairman of the National Government and the chairman of the Central Political Conference of the Kuomintang.This was the first time Chiang Kai-shek stepped down and came back to power.